We list Zach Johnson's achievements after Open victory

Zach Johnson won the 144th Open on Monday following a four-hole play-off with South African Louis Oosthuizen and Australian Marc Leishman.

His name did not appear atop the leaderboard at St Andrews until he stormed down the front nine with a burst of birdies.

Johnson clinches Open title

Zach Johnson claimed victory at the 144th Open following a thrilling three-way play-off

He then held firm down the tougher back nine and sunk a snaking downhill 20-footer to pitch the clubhouse lead at 15 under par. No-one was able to better that.

Two birdies to open the four-hole play-off proved to be enough to get him over the line.

So what do we know about the 39-year-old American? Here's a list of his achievements and what it all means in the annals of golf...

• His Open success was his second major victory, after 2007 US Masters and comes in his 45th appearance in a 'Big Four' event
• He surpasses his best previous Open result of tied sixth in 2013
• Johnson has eight top-10 finish in majors
• He has won 12 PGA tour titles
• The Texan played in the 2006, 2010, 2012 and 2014 Ryder Cups
• His Open success was the third successive American victory in 2015 majors following Jordan Spieth's wins at the Masters and US Open
• He is the 80th different player to record multiple major wins
• Johnson is also the 13th player to win the Masters and the Open
• He won the first St Andrews play-off since American John Daly beat Italian Costantino Rocca in 1995.
• He also won the first three-way Open play-off since Scotland's Paul Lawrie beat American Justin Leonard and Jean Van de Velde of France in 1999.